Door-hanger



No. 608,129. Patented July 26, I898.

P. JOHNSON.

POOR HANGER. (Application filed Jan. 25, 1898.)

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DOOR HANGER.

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PETER JOHNSON, OF DOWNERS GROVE, ILLINOIS.

DOOR-HANGER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent 1\T0. 608,129, dated July 26, 1898. Application filed January 25, 1898. Serial No. 667,922. (No model.) i i To all whom it may concern: 7

Be it known that I, PETER JOHNSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Downers Grove, in the county of Du Page and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and use ful Improvements in Door-Hangers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The object of the present invention is the provision of a door-hanger of improved construction which will be adapted to run smoothly and easily on'the track, even though the latter is not exactly horizontal.

A further object is to provide a door-hanger having a novel hood or protector to prevent clogging thereof by snow or ice, and a still further object is the provision of a doorhanger of simple, durable, and inexpensive construction.

The invention embraces certain improved features and novel combinations ofparts appearing more fully hereinafter.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of the invention, showing a section of the track, dotted lines representing the position of the compensator when tilted; Fig. 2, a rear elevation; Fig. 3, a horizontal section taken immediately above the compensator, and Fig. 4 a vertical section.

The numerals l and 2 designate the suspending-bars of the main frame, and 3 and 4 cross-pieces thereof. A supplemental frame 5 is also employed. A journal-bolt 6 and supplemental bolts 7 and 8 connect the cross- 7 piece 4 and supplemental frame 5 to the suspending-bars. A grooved main or hanger roller 9 is located in the supplemental frame and j ournaled on bolt 6 and is adapted to run on the top of the track, a section of which is shown at 10.

My improved compensator consists of a straight bar 11, pivotally connected with the frame, having bifurcated heads 12 and 13 at its ends and grooved rollers 14 and 15, journaled in the bifurcations on journal-bolts 16 and 17, passing through the heads. Apivotbolt 18 passes through the bar 11 and crosspiece 3. Supplemental bolts 19 and 20, passing through the ends of the cross-piece and the suspending-bars, secure the former to the latter. It will be observed that the heads 12 and 13 project beyond the respective suspending-bars, and said heads have shoulders 14 on each side thereof, each shoulder having faces 14", which converge toward the respective suspending-bars. These faces being located immediately adjacent the suspendingbars are adapted to bind thereon when the compensator moves on its pivot, and thus limit its movement. Shoulders are provided 011 both sides of the heads, so that no particular care need be exercised in placing the compensator in position. The rollers 14 and 15 bear against the under edge of the track, while the roller 9 runs on the upper edge thereof. By reason of this construction all jumping of the upper roller is satisfactorily prevented, and the door to which the hanger is applied will run smoothly and easily. It frequently happens that the track has irregularities or is not perfectly horizontal, and both of these defects are rendered unobjectionable by reason of the pivotal connection between the compensator and the suspending frame. The compensator automatically adjusts itself to the track, (its movement being limited by the shoulders,) and while preventing any binding of the rollers on the track prevents them from jumping the latter.

In order to protect the hanger-roller from dirt, snow, ice, &c., I provide a sheet-metal protector or housing 21, which consists of a hood 21 and a back plate 21", as well as end flanges. (Seen in section Fig. 4:.) All the bolts except those designated 16 and 17 pass through the back plate, and the bolts 6, 7, and 8 also pass through the front of the hood. It is preferable to have balls interposed between the rollers and the journal-bolts to diminish the friction and any of the well-known constructions can be employed.

Having thus described my invention,what

I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A door-hanger involving the con1bination of a door-suspending frame, a hangerroller to run on top of the track mounted in said frame, a compensator=bar pivoted to the frame, retaining-rollers carried by the bar for automatic adjustment to irregularities in the under face of the track, substantially asdescribed.

carried by the ends of the bar and adapted to bear against the under side of the track.

3. In a door-hanger, the combination with a track, of a door-suspending frame having suspending-bars, a bar pivoted to said frame and having bifurcated heads at its ends which have shoulders provided with faces diverging I 5 from the suspending-bars and adapted to bind thereon when the bar oscillates, and rollers journaled in the heads and adapted to bear against the track.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature 20 in presence of tWo witnesses.

PETER JOHNSON.

Witnesses:

GEo. P. LUoE, ANDREW ANDERSON. 

